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The editor's guide to the Leisure section of Expatica Netherlands includes our What's on guide, dining and cuisine and travel and tourism. What's on in the Netherlands calendar
Make use of our What’s on calendar to find out about the main cultural events in the Netherlands. You can also add your own event to our listings. Plus, check out Expatica's Community News channel to keep informed of local events, conferences, courses and workshops.
Arts & Culture
Visit our Arts & Culture section for our our monthly What's on in Europe guide (just published: What's on in Europe for July 2011) which directs you to mainstream cultural events and exhibitions across Europe and our listing of main festivals and events in the Netherlands and Belgium. The team at Picturenose.com provides Expatica readers with weekly cinema reviews, with a focus on European cinema.
Find out more about what’s on at the museums in the Netherlands through articles such as the Glory of the Golden age. For readers interested in Dutch architecture, Expatica’s Arts & Culture channel offers a variety of features: Check out Rising Rotterdam and take a photographic stroll through history.
The Antiques Diva shares her knowledge of antiques shopping across Europe and in the Netherlands. Interested in writing a book about your life abroad? Then read How to write an expat bestseller. Booklovers in Amsterdam can browse our listing of English language bookshops in Amsterdam. Our articles extend to cover trends in the Dutch music scene and Dutch fashion (yes it does exist!).
Dining & Cuisine
Eating the local food is one of the most important ways to experience local culture--although you may want to avoid some of the local delicacies: raw herring for instance, doesn't go down so well with most expats! You may find it strange that the Dutch smother their chips (frites) with mayonnaise, but is Dutch cuisine really so bad? The Belgians, who are famed for their frites, eat them with mayonnaise too--here's the story of their humble roots. You may have wondered if the Dutch Frikandel really that unhealthy. We find out what's in it--and how to make traditional Dutch croquettes.
Typical Dutch food: Rauwe Andijvie Stamppot
But, especially in cities like Amsterdam, Maastricht and The Hague, international cuisine is readily available.
Gourment shopping in Amsterdam
In her series, A taste of Amsterdam (I) and A taste of Amsterdam (II), food blogger Paola Duque-Westbeek takes us on a tour of gourmet shops and markets in Amsterdam.
Expatica's Dining & Cuisine section also carries a few local recipes. Find out how to make Dutch apple tart. When it comes to making food from home, it might not be so easy finding the ingredients as one American in Amsterdam discovers on her quest to find the ingredients for cupcakes in the Netherlands.
Travel and tourism
Expatica Netherlands' Travel & Tourism section highlights tours in Europe, including trips in Belgium, France, Germany, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. If you're a school leaver and want to get paid for travelling around the world, try it! We offer some tips for women travelling alone to help keep you safe and make friends on the open road.
Urlaub in Holland: Nordsee, sundown
Travelling in the Netherlands
Escape for a long weekend to the Dutch island of Terschelling The Netherlands is a great place to camp if you want get back to nature without travelling too far. Use our listing of campsites in the Netherlands to find the best spot to pitch your tent. Day tours are aslo an option. Never been inside a windmill? Venture inside one at Kinderdijk or visit the world's greatest smallest city, Madurodam.
Landscape in Holland , Netherlands
Biking through the Netherlands
Why not ditch the car and do what the Dutch do, take to the Dutch cycle paths for a spot of fresh air and sightseeing.You'll soon get used to Dutch cycling mania!
Photo credits: Incase,marfis75;Frank van de Velde;Bas Lammers
A guide to telephone, internet and television along with utility services water, electricity and gas in the Netherlands.
Lost in the Dutch immigration system? Look no further than this guide compiled for our Survival Guide 2012.
Expatica offers a whistle-stop tour of life in the modern Netherlands.
The challenges and benefits of the maternity system in the Netherlands and how it differs to other countries.
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